Atlas Staff Perception Engineer, Tactile Sensing
Boston Dynamics3 months ago
Waltham, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$134k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, evaluate, and demonstrate tactile sensing data representations for reliable robotic manipulation and environmental interaction.
- Architect and implement optimized pipelines to acquire, process, and stream high-bandwidth tactile sensor data.
- Develop automated data collection routines with robot end-effectors or instrumented test rigs to generate ground-truth datasets.
- Conduct hands-on testing to characterize sensors under motion, vibration, thermal variation, and operational loads.
- Apply DSP techniques to filter, fuse, and compress sensor signals into representations for robotic perception and behavior models.
- Model sensor performance and integrate tactile sensing into Isaac Sim and MuJoCo simulation environments.
- Define hardware interfaces and support system integration with software, systems, manufacturing, and test engineering teams.
- Document designs, experiments, and findings while improving development processes, tools, and design standards.
Requirements
- Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree with significant relevant experience.
- At least 5 years of experience developing embedded systems in robotics, automation, or similar electromechanical products.
- Strong understanding of tactile sensing physics and the ability to model sensor behavior and develop robust data representations.
- Experience with Git and software development in Python and C++ for robotic systems, including high-bandwidth data acquisition.
- Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch for sensor data processing or representation learning.
- Strong technical communication and documentation skills.
- Preferred experience with hardware-based data collection campaigns, sensor calibration, modeling, simulation environments, and integrating vision, force/torque sensors, IMUs, or tactile arrays.
- Robotics safety, reliability engineering, or IPC-related certifications are a plus.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k), paid time off, and an annual bonus structure.
- Annual base pay range of $134,399.06 to $184,798.70.
- Additional benefit plan details are provided to employees who receive an offer.
About Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics builds and sells mobile robots for industrial inspection, logistics, and research, including the Spot quadruped and the Stretch case-handling system. It generates revenue through hardware sales, software and service contracts, and fleet management tools for enterprise deployments. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company is majority-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and is developing humanoid robots for commercial tasks.